Past Continuous

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Online Exercises:


  • Exercise 1: Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers.





  • Exercise 6: Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive).






  • Exercise 12: Fill in the blanks with the right tense for the context.

  • Exercise 13: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.

  • Exercise 14: Write the verbs in parentheses in the past progressive form.

  • Exercise 15: Write the negative contraction in the past progressive tense of the words in parentheses to complete each sentence.

  • Exercise 16: Yes/No questions. Write questions using the prompts.

  • Exercise 17: Information questions. Write questions using the prompts.

  • Exercise 18: P. Simple vs. P. continuous. Choose the best answer.

  • Exercise 19: What were the students doing? Write sentences with the verbs in brackets in the Past Continuous. Then press "Check" to check your answers.

  • Exercise 20: Was Playing / Played. Flash quiz on past and past in progress.

  • Exercise 21: Positive statements. Choose the verb from the list that best fits in the sentence.

  • Exercise 22: Negative statements. Choose the verb from the list that best fits in the sentence.

  • Exercise 23: Questions. Choose the verb from the list that best fits in the sentence.


  • Exercise 25Exercise 25: Past simple or Past continuous. A Dialogue. Fill in the blanks with the simple past or past continuous form of the verbs. Then click on the answer button to see the correct answers.


  • Exercise 27: Past Simple or Continuous? Complete the sentences.

  • Exercise 28: Past Simple vs Past Continuous. Write the best option.

  • Exercise 29: Some lovely jokes about kids to practise the Simple Past and the Past Continuous.



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Listening:


An American English teacher demonstrates how to make and use the past continuous tense.